Such appendices to a musical performanceĬan be annoying, but Silvestri and Whitacre offer an explanation of the meaning Penultimate movement, “You Rise, I Fall,” an incredibly moving portrait of grief A particularly moving choral device that Whitacre uses to great effectĪre sliding harmonies in the voices as the lyrics reflect Silvestri’s thoughtsĪnd emotions in the immediate aftermath of his wife’s passing in the Still are there to provide a solid foundation for the harmonic structure of the Vocal harmonies have become more layered, more complex, but the piano and cello By the time the final movements arrive, the Joining in with some exquisite harmonizing that draws the listener right into Simple melody on the piano soon joined by a tone from the cello, the choir then Just listen to the opening measures, with a Sometimes soaringly complex choral parts. Piano and the cello to provide a ground for the sometimes straightforward, Whitacre’s musical setting of the lyrics uses simple melodies played by the Intellectually, but packed with mystery and complexity as a lived experience. Living from the dead, the temporal from the eternal. Silvestri’s concept of a thin veil that separates the past from the future, the At the same time, the lyrics are used to evoke The lyricsįocus on the really private story of Julia’s passing, told from the perspective Sacred Veil is the way it balances intimacy with expression. ![]() This Signum CD is rewarding in many different ways. ![]() Sacred Veil is an intensely personal, deeply moving work of art moreover, As you might surmise from those circumstances, The The lyrics, which revolve around the death from cancer of his late wife, Julia With his friend and frequent collaborator Charles Anthony Silvestri, who wrote With the rise of the internet and technologies for interactingĮlectronically, he has recently been active in assembling “virtual choirs” thatįeature singers from throughout the world joyfully blending their voices under His energy does not confine itself to his composing, as he also is active as aĬonductor. Surface but often expressed in harmonies that can stretch, soar, and bedazzle. The complex, with melodies that are beguiling and straightforward on the Gifted composer and choral conductor whose work always seems to be bursting
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